Environmental Ethics

Flashcards based on Environmental Ethics lecture notes.

__ examines the moral basis of environmental responsibility.

Environmental ethics

__ differ somewhat from ethics because morals reflect the predominant feelings of a culture about ethical issues.

Morals

The __ view is that all environmental responsibility is derived from human interests alone.

anthropocentric (human-centered)

__: All forms of the life have an inherent right to exist.

Biocentric

__ maintains that the environment deserves direct moral consideration and not one that is merely derived from human interests.

Ecocentrism

The __ is based on individualism or egocentrism.

development ethic

The __ considers nature special in itself.

preservation ethic

The __ works toward a balance of resource use and resource availability.

conservation or management ethic

__ and exploitation are attitudes shared by developing societies.

Economic growth

Corporations are legal entities designed to operate at __.

a profit

Waste facilities are often located in communities that have high percentages of poor, elderly, young, and __ residents.

minority

North Americans, only 5% of the world’s population, __ one-fourth of the world’s oil.

consume

__ removes salt from seawater, but it takes a lot of energy and is expensive.

Desalination

Industrialized countries contain only 20% of the world’s population, yet the control 80% of the world’s goods and create most of its __.

pollution